Dayton tribune., June 18, 1925, Image 3

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Margaret Livingston
AT THE
THIRD
HOUR
SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT
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By
F.
A
WALKER
CLIMBING THE HILLS
Ey CRETE WARREN
LOWLY over the hills on the wind­
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ing roads, toward u loftier crest
und u higher life, noble men ami wom­
T WAS a cold, disagreeable day,
en wend their weary way, forgetful of
lute In November, und the cutting
time, forgetful of everything hut the
wind blew In iU-rce little gusts
goal that Ues waiting fur them at the
•round the corners of the tall city
end of their Journey.
building». The streets were almost
Nome of these liiuouns ns they move deserted, save for n few men and
along weave the scattered threads of women who, muffled almost beyond
gold which they gather Into shining recognlti) n, hurried with heads bent
garments; others content themselves In face of the wind, which seetnsd
with humility, from which they get to come from every direction. The
i tlielr greatest reward.
thermometer registered several de
All are governed by Ambition.
green below zero. und the sky wus
The censors enumerate, catalogue heavy, with every Indication of snow.
, and classify the good am) the bad
No one noticed that the great dock In
They leave the result of tlielr labors the courthouse had stopped, und u<
to the travelers who are yet to come, three o'clock no «ne missed the strik­
und who like those of the present must ing <>f the hour.
learn from the climbers who have gone |
At Just one minute before three the
before.
•
power which run the clock was turned
If we of this day and generation off, und. for the first time since It
have within us the prop-r energy and wus started, several years before, the
Interest, wo shall go a little higher, great hands were still. The nut which
but we must fight every Inch of the held the hands In place hud become
way for foothold and keep our honor loosened, and a mun skilled in the
us bright as burnished silver.
ims'hiinlsm of clocks hud been culled
We must pay the price In constant to tighten the screw.
work. We must lift our eyes to the
It was n perilous undertaking. The
skies und march on and on undaunted
dock was three hundred and eighty
We must puck our hearts with faith. feet above the street, und hls only
Faith la for the hour when defeat way to get nt It was by lowering him
threatens, to carry us over the crisis, self from n lookout thirty feet above
up to u higher altitude where the The face measured twenty-four feet,
Wineorne Maryarot Livingston, the
ground Is firm, where hope becomes
the minute hand was nearly twelve
Clever little "movie" otar, wit born In
doubly sure, and we know and feel *
feet long, the hour hand nine. These
Bait Lake City, Utah. She Io five feet,
within out souls that we have at last
hands were very heavy and solid, of
three Incheo tall, and weighe 118 I reached the coveted turning point of
wood covered wdth galvanized Iron,
pound«.
Mice Livlngeton Ie proud of our career.
and were two feet thick.
her pretty auburn hair—ae well ao of
From the hot headed, the obdurate
Th man stood for a minute, gazing
her ooft brown eyeo.
and the foolhardy. Ambition turns
out over the city, after fastening the
1 .i *>
uway sorrowfully; but to the earnest,
tlie courageous und the unwavering rope which was to let him down to
she stretches out her strong urm and the clock. He planned to gain a foot­
ing on the hour bund, which wus al­
lifts them up to distinction.
most
horizontal at this hour, and work
If you have been tempted to with­
draw from the chase, but have over­ hls way across to the center, where
come the Impulse, be assured that you It Would take him but u moment to
tighten the screw, get back to the
ure climbing on solid ground.
You may have smarted awhile un­ rope and pull himself up. He drew
der the stroke of the lush, but be­ a deep breath und carefully let him­
ECZEMA IN INFANTS
cause of the Stripes you have become self over the stone railing of the look­
a better climber, a- better mun or out.
mills dl«en»e ha* <11 fferent degrees woman.
Tlie snow was now falling fine und
A <,f ocMTlty nnd limy even be in o
For you have learned how to shut fast, driven hard by the wind. The
clnted with condition* which end your mouth and say nothing when man was almost blinded by It. when
fulnlly, but thut I m nut the usual re
ungry; how to put forth the last he felt Ids foot firm upon the hour
suit.
ounce of your own strength, und how, band. The rope was barely long
Any kind of a baby, fat or teen, when almost overcome, to rely on enough, and he wished he had taken
plump or emaciated. muy have It,
a longer one, but he thought It would
faith, which sustained you und en
but It wem» to have u preferem e to ubled you to reach the goal, which Is not pay to go back, a* long as this
thorn who have cutnrrhul trouble*,
possible for any one who bus the one would reach, though he realized
who are acrofuloua. ao It used to be simple trust of a little child In the that It would be harder for him to
called, or who have ricketa, Indlgen
get back with the short one. Sitting
¡»rotidAc of hl® father.
lion, anemia or fever of various kinds.
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down, he slid over to the center und
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The disease muy <n< ur at uny period
commenced hls work. Every moment
of Infancy, before or after weunlno,
the snow became more blinding, and as
und the puln and aorenca of teething
he glanced downwards he noticed that
doubtleMa uggruvutes It In many cuaeo.
he could not see the streeis below.
There Ie probably a germ which
He had finished and was Just about
cause* It, at leant In Home case*. nnd
to start hack for the rope, when he
It muy be aaooelated with the Itch
heard a great whirr Inside the clock
and with vermin of different apeclea
and almost at the same time felt a
It nine hue a relation to tlltlilnesn and
Jerk of the hand upon which he was
difference
in
men
neglect of the none, eurn and eye* and
seated. He made one mad. hurried
with the Irritating sullva of a dirty
rw-vllE degree of n man's Intelligence move towards the end of the hand,
mouth.
may be Judged by the worth of the when nil nt once hls every sense
other cauao« nre conatlpatlon, Indi­
things
he considers Important, always seemed to be paralyzed by the deaf­
gestion, prolonged exposure to the
supposing thut the Judges know what ening sound of the chimes. The sound
sun’« rays or to the heat of n badly
seemed to vibrate through every part
things really are Important.
ventilated room.
of him, and It was Impossible to at­
Bill
Is
an
average
man
and
sells
Then an eruption appears on the en
tempt to move until the last of the
bonds
to
get
a
living.
He
plays
golf,
tire body, on the face ami acalp, or on
rends the sport page und cusses con- three deep tones striking the hour died
the acalp alone.
away, and he felt another Jerk of the
At flrat thia eruption I* composed ef | gross. But the thing uppermost In
hand beneath him. It was but nn in-
Ills
mini),
the
burden
of
bls
conversa
­
red dots or pointe; In a few days they
tion and the goal of his labors Is an stant. and he hud gnlm-1 the end of
contain a fluid; and n little Inter the
extension of the car track from Its the hand and wan cautiously getting
fluid becomes purulent, the point* of
present terminal to a point eight to hls feet. He reactin' for the rope.
the eruption run together, and we noon
The wind was blowing it and he could
blocks
further east.
have a number of cru«t* or scuba, or
Jack Is an average man. He lays barely touch It with the ends of his
perhaps a sheet of scab* covering the
lie groaned aloud and
brick und worries about the cost of fingers I
< ntlre scalp.
meat and takes nn Interest In box strained every ligament In an effort
The Itching Is continuous night ami
scores and politics; but bls chief con­ to g< t a hold on the rope, but It
day, and there Is constant scratching
cern Is to persuade ’boys to Join the , seemed Impossible. At last It was
or rubbing the scalp.
almost within his grasp, but with a
Y. M. C. A.
Infectious material la carried by the
Bob Is average also. He clerks In a Jerk which nearly unbalanced him. the
mills anil Angers and before long the
eyes, nope, mouth and ears and other store and rends outdoor magazines and hand again slipped, and the rope was
Invests Ids spare
money In fishing hopelessly out of reach 1 It seemed
parts of the body are sore as a result
tackle. He thinks the most Important to the desperate man that hls reason
of this transmission.
In treating nucli a case, select, If task tills generution lias to face Is must go In that awful Instant 1
the preservation of standing timber.
He reseated himself, for the shock
possible, a doctor who Is familiar with
Henry Is a planter. He Is Interested had weakened hls knees nnd hls
the diseases of Infants and children.
In radio development and religion, and strength seemed gone. The cold was
These few suggestions may nl*o
enjoys his children and Ids flivver; Intense and there was no way of
prove serviceable:
Cut the baby's
but his spare time Is devoted to making anyone hear a cry for help.
nails to prevent scratching; cut the
earnest correspondence designed to Nor was there any chance of anyone
hair; wash out the rectum dully ; and
promote Interest In a high tariff on discovering hls danger. With every
protect the head and face with a thin
minute the hour hand slipped down­
peanuts.
muslin cap or bonnet.
George Is ordinary In all ways. He ward over nn Inch, and—merciful
Apply neither hot or cold water to
writes Insurance and keeps a cage of heaven! As he looked up at the great
the scalp, anil keep (he eruption cov­
pigeons; rends the magazines that minute hand he realized what nn aw­
ered with a dusting powder of boric
tell how great and wealthy men get ful fate would overcome him In a few
add, zinc, or starch.
that way; delights In helping the chil­ minute* If some help did not come to
When the scabs loosen, inwove them
dren with their lessons, rends aloud him. With every minute the descend­
cautiously and apply a nuldly astrin­
from Shakespeare. He will tell you ing hand brought certain death ao
gent ointment, removing It and re-ap­
that the great need of the times Is much the nearer! Good God! Must
plying dally.
Kind, by experiment and your doc­ purification of the drama.
lie sit there calmly nnd count the
1’ete Isn’t unusual. He Is n tailor minutes until he should be gradually
tor's help, the kind of food which
and enjoys the study of undent fash­ crushed to death? For at n quarter
will suit the child, and give a mild
tonic to brace up the general condi­ ions. He hns a good collection of old past the hour, the minute hand must
coins; thinks everybody should sleep pass the hour hand on which lie was
tion.
(Copyright hr Ueorr* Mstlhsw Artain» 1
out of doors; teaches a class In Sun­ seated, nnd the distance between the
day school.
Whenever opportunity two wus only a little over two Inches!
appears he tells people that the great
Ills bruin seemed dead. He couldn’t
need of the present Is universal study think. Hls gnze was fascinated by
of Esperanto.
the rapidly descending hand which
Clyde Is n traveling man and rends was either to crush him to death or
Emerson. He thinks the breeding of hurl him off on to the steeply slanting
live stock should be encouraged, and roofs of the building two hundred feet
he Is working on nn automatic shoe below. He glanced down. Would it
lace; but hls soul Is disturbed by the not be better to Jump then and end
urgent need of laws to suppress Idle the horrible .suspense? No, he loved
pleasure seekers.
hls life, nnd then—some help might
"Ah, well; perhaps you can Judge n come. And so he waited. The min­
man's Intelligence by the worth of the utes, which had seemed to come so
things he considers Important! One rapidly upon each other at first, now
small head seldom affords room for seemed slower, until he wondered If
more than one enthusiasm, and the the clock might not be stopping. But
average man Just keeps on going In no, It came on and on, this dreadful
the direction thut something or some­ thing which wm to kill him. He
body directed him.—Baltimore Sun.
found himself calculating whether It
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would crush him or knock him off.
An egotist Is n man who Is always He wished the hands moved steadily
talking about himself when you want Instead of In those terrible Jerks.
(Ci by McClure Newspaper Hj «dicale.)
to talk about yourself.
One more Jerk, or minute, nnd tlie
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What People Are
Interested In
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r wlx. I LiAlTLz for your produce
hand would touch Id* bead. it*
crouched over ami waited. The band
descended and he could not sit up,
without touching It. He must Ue flat
- It would be easier that way, he
thought, und he was quite culm now
All till* time he had been sitting
With hl* face toward the clock, bis
fe«t bunging down between the bout
hand unit the dial. As be raised bi»
feet to He on the hand be suddenly
stopped, und in a moment was getting,
over the side of the bund next to tin
(lock. Yes, there wus room for lib
body If he could hold bis weight until!
the minute hand hud passed the hour
und then lie could ralac himself again |
to Ids former position. Hi* muscles
were strong, and at first hls weight
»eemed us nothing. The minute!-
seemed longer now than ever und the
biting cold wus benumbing bls finger»
In spite of the heavy gloves he wore
At hist. Just ns It seesned that he must
let go, it passed, nnd he raised Idiu .
self once more.
But what would this avail him? he
thought. Just another hour of life?
He could not endure this for twelve
hours, even If he could manage to
keep Ids hold, and this seemed un
likely, for the slant of the hand win
LACKING IN FAITH
making It more difficult each minute
to keep hls position. In a few hours
The prisoner came before the court
it would be dark, and with the night
the cold was certain to become mon on a charge of murder. Many distin­
DRA CHAM LAM CHTXF.8«
Intense, and he would freeze. Death guished legal lights bad aaaembled to
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■eemed Inevitable, but he detenuinedl bear the case.
PHYSICIAN.
RemehM to«
The charge was read out, and the (
to hold out as long as a ruy of hoj»«
■tumaeb
dioorder«.
kidney,
Judge,
as
Is
usual,
asked
tlie
man
tn
came to him.
blodd»» trouble«, g»U »to»»«,
the dock If be would like to te de­
eonetipatio«, appeodiriUe and
And so on through th lengthening
fended by an attorney.
all tamale eomplointe. To« eaa
hour. Then he found, with the in-
"No, my lord.” came the repl/.
creasing slant of the hand, that he
"this Is loo serious a matter.1
ferred. 1421 Second St., cor
must devise some other method of
flat
hanging on, so he laid him-elf
Good aa a Scarecrow
GIFT FLOWERS A FLORAL DESiGNS
upon the beam, and, with his arms
Said a woman to her neighbor over
around It, braced his feet ugnlnst the
FOR SALE—Country »tor» handling «en»ral
Jut which formed the point. In thl« the suburban garden wall. “I hope my
line Will «ell property and fixtures including all
way he could keep hls position, even daughter's singing does not annoy or
any part of stoek. Wnte for complete inform­
ation. No trader will be conaidered. Lindiey
though the hands were perpendicular. you."
and
Johneon. Appleton. Washington.
"On the contrary,” came the sweet
At each quarter the great chime* rang
out, tlielr vibration almost *1 kening reply, "my husband and J appreciate
Ancient Water Clock.
him, so loud and close were they. It very much. It keeps the birds away
The Tower of the Winds is the wa­
Quarter past four—and he must soon from our berry bushes."
ter clock erected at Athens. Greece, in
hang on to the hand again while the
Rather Curioua
other passed. He lowered himself,
the Second or First century before
and this time It was harder than be­
One of those pests known to every Christ. It is octagonal in plan, 42 feet
fore, for hls Joints we» stiff with the one met Florence Flinn hastening from high and 26 feet in diameter. Toward
cold, and the altered position of the rehearsal.
the top of each side it is sculptured
hour hand made It more difficult to
“You didn’t know who I was when I with various symbols of the wind.
get a good hold. Just as the b-ng hand called you up yesterday, did you?" he
Originally the structure waa surmount­
wus passing over the short one, a des­ Inquired.
ed with a bronze Triton, which serv­
absent-
Flinn
answered,
perate Idea entered the frenzied inind
"No," Miss
ed as a weather vane.
of the man who was making such a ly. “Who were you?
fight for his life. Quickly, though
Fresh Air and Sunshine.
with great danger of slipping and fall­
Fond of Fiahea
ing, he reached one leg and then the
No matter how well fed the child
A negro was offered a Job feeding
other around on to the min r.e hand, sharks.
I may be, it will never bring roses and
and. Just as it pa«s< I the l our hand,
“Naw, sah, boss, me and sharks ' a healthy color to his cheeks if he is
swung himself upon it.
ain't friends."
■ not given plenty of fresh air and sun­
y Journey
The horrors of tl t
“Why, boy, sharks don't eat black light. Mothers, let some of the work
around the clock on t .<■ minute hand, meat.”
go and get out these lovely days with
the terrible danger he underwent In
"Ah know, but it’s Just mah luck to
your kiddies. It will benefit the whole
changing his position on the hand so meet wid one dat's blind."
family and prove more important in
as to escape having hls head down-
the long run than “a spotless house at
wards, cannot be expressed in words,
Water Called Sc-tp
all times.”—Exchange.
but he was saved from death, for at
“Another helping of soup, -lease."
n little after ten minutes past five
Walter—You appear to like our
o'clock, bls half-frozen hands reached soup, sir.
Pillows Not of Pine.
the rope that meant life to him. And
“Well, you see, my doctor ordered
The forest service says that pine
when he had gained the upper hall» me to take the hot water cu • for in­
needles are not generally used in mak­
of the building to take the elevator digestion. so I'm obeying his order«."
ing pillows. While tl# pillows are
to the ground floor, the elevator boy —Guelph Evening Mercury.
called
“pine pillows," the needles aro
stared at him in horror. The man
generally those of the balsam fir, or
he had taken up less than three hours
TOO REALISTIC
spruce — either red. white or black
before was young and his hair had
spruce. No special time of the year
rich,
dark
brown.
This
was
been a
surely the same man. but his hair was
is specified for gathering these needles,
as white as the snow falling outside!
since they are evergreens.
INFORMATION
DEPARTMENT
Real Log Once Used to
Determine Ship’s Speed
The nautical “knot" was originally
an actual knot on a ship’s “log- line.”
This in turn took Its'name from th*
log of wood which was used by the old
time mariner In measuring distance
Presuming the sea to be without cur
rent, a log thrown into the water will
remain stationary.
Obviously, there­
fore. If It is thrown overboard fron
the bows of the ship, by the time th-
stern passes it. the ship must hnv*|
traveled its own length In sueh-and
such a time.
Tlie bar. then, was
really the first way of determining a'
ship's speed. The next step was t<
attach a line to tlie log. the line Ie
Ing knotted at regular intervals of s<
many feet. The log. by this tim<
of a fixed type, wus thrown overboard
und the Une allowed to run free from
a reel. At the end of so many sec
onds the whole apparatus was hauled
In and the knots that had been payed
out counted. The ship was then said
to be traveling at so many knots. Th*
distance between the knots, as well,
as the number of seconds during
which the log was overboard w er*,
regulated, so as to make It easy t<
work out how many nautical miles
(which, by the way, are divisions of
degrees of latitude, and are rather
longer
.
than
___________
hind miles),
______
the __ ship was
..—
traveling an hour.
And though to-
day the modern log is a complicated
clockwork apparatus, the old term Is
still used.
The Perfume Bearers.
And because the breath of flowers
is far sweeter in the air» (where it
comes and goes, like the warbling of
music) than in the hand, therefore
nothing is more fit for that delight
I than to know what be the flowers and
"Did you enjoy the amateur drama­ plants that do best perfume the air.
tic show last night?”
j —Francis Bacon.
“Well, I thought it waa t<o real­
istic.”
Racing Items.
"Really?”
"Yes, It said on the pro- am, ‘One
It's a sad thing to the lover of the
hour is supposed to elapse l < tween the horse to see the passing of that noble
first and second acts,' and it actually ! animal, particularly if the one he has
did.”—Windsor Magazine.
staked his wad upon is the last in the
bunch.—Arkansas Thomas Cat.
Language on the Loote
Good diction Is of little use
In work, however skilled;
But when profanity turn« loo««.
The audience la thrilled.
Sorrow's Consecration.
Great grief makes those sacred upon
whom its hand is laid. Joy may ele-
vate, ambition glorify, but sorrow
Find Relief in Books.
alone can consecrate.—Horace Gree-
To divert at any time a troublesome ley.
fancy, run to thy books; they present-
j fix thee to them and drlve the other
Advancement.
To cure Is the voice of the past; to
out of thy thoughts. They always re­
ceive thee with the same kindness.— prevent is the divine whisper of to­
day.—Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Fuller.
Keep Watch on Tongue.
Croesus First Geld Coiner
Croesus was the first sovereign to
If your foot slip you may recover
your balance, but if your tongue slip coin gold and Julius Caesar first set
you cannot recall your words.—Telugu the example of engraving his own
proverb.
image on coinage.
And It's a Good One.
Looking pleasant can become
Baffled Crosa-Worder
habit as well as anything else.—St.
"The other day In a public library," Louis Globe-Democrat.
writes a correspondent. "I picked up
1
Jr
Lcsherns, II. I. Reas and
a copy of a periodical In which some
Must be Gilded.
1 ■
-
- Keek«,
reader had been attempting to solve
retitions not sweetened with gold
Tod<i
the cross-word puzzle. One clue was.
are but unsavory and oft refused; or,
'a bird which never Ilies,’ and tlie
word had to consist of seven letters. if received, are pocketed, not read.—
We Specialize in
The solver had trluinphantly written Massinger.
down 'Ostrage,' and then abandoned
Bices, Pelts, Wool, Matas’,
the puzzle as a bad Job."—London You Want a Good Position
Very well—Tak« th« Accountancy and
Morning Bost.
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promenading the boulevards nnd ave
nue*. The new fabric looks and feels
like silk.
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